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A CUT BELOW is 60 flicks from the B movie drive-in era in healthy and easy to digest nuggets. I can tell you Clay Mcleod Chapman, Joe Dante, and Gale Anne Hurd dig it, and I'm sure you will too! Order below: it.https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/a-cut-below/

Hi there! For those who don't know (and I'm sure that's a lot), this is the column I've been doing since 2015 where I look at older horror films from the drive-in era. I would love for you to have a read, and then check out the over 300 others while you're there. Thanks, and horror forever!

My book FUN CITY CINEMA: NEW YORK CITY AND THE MOVIES THAT MADE IT was published five years ago today. It's still the most challenging project of my career and the work I'm proudest of. Give it a read! You might like it! buff.ly/d7YBTNa

I have been voted the Sexiest Man in my House. (By me. I was the voter.)

Happy pub day to STRANDED ON EARTH: HOW NIGHT SKIES BECAME E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL! My new book is out today (also canonically the day E.T. actually arrived on Earth in the movie), so please pick up a copy if you have not already! Thank you @1984prods.bsky.social for making this happen!!!

I named a character in MAZYWOOD “Priscilla Stephens” after my 88-year-old aunt, a 1960s civil rights warrior in ailing health. She came to my book signing in Miami and was surprised to hear her name in my reading. 😍 I am still trying to raise money to help offset her bills. gofund.me/fef960f97

I was thrilled to chat with @bjcolangelo.bsky.social for this special @fangoria.bsky.social piece all about how the Chainsaw Awards come together, what it takes to build a show that's a little "weird," and why it ultimately feels like one big horror summer camp. Give it a read!

Oooooooo! COFFIN MOON ebook is only $1.99! Grab it up, no idea how long it'll last!

Hi there! For those who don't know (and I'm sure that's a lot), this is the column I've been doing since 2015 where I look at older horror films from the drive-in era. I would love for you to have a read, and then check out the over 300 others while you're there. Thanks, and horror forever!

Also: throwing it out to the universe that I would love to write a movie novelization someday, hopefully for YOU.

Thanks to anyone who has read me over the years, from when I started at Daily Dead with my column Drive-In Dust Offs (back in action!) to my book A CUT BELOW. I started out later at this than some so thanks for letting me stumble with a bit of grace. I love to share my love of horror. Cheers!

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Squid Disco is a great name for a band though

Hi everyone, sorry to be a pain and share this again but I’m doing my best to promote this & I’m on my own. Anyway, MONSTERS, MAKEUP & EFFECTS: VOL 3 is set to be released in December & you can preorder it here: darkinkbooks.com/store/p/pre-... Any shares would be appreciated. Thank you! 🖤

This is my black-velvet painting of Chris Elliott with David Letterman. Chris is involved with my next audio comedy project, playing a successful surgeon who gives it all up to go back into showbiz. It'll be out in 2027 from the great @thesonarnetwork.bsky.social God how I love Chris Elliott.

In the Docky Wocky!

UFOctober: THE ARRIVAL (1996) @scrawfish.bsky.social says, 30 years later, it’s time for the truth to come out about this film. Justice will be served! #UFOctober 🛸 www.neonsplatter.com/daily-beasts...

One more push! Please share, repost and donate! This is coming up soon! www.gofundme.com/f/help-celeb...

I had no idea this existed but it makes me very, very happy. My first quote! 😭

I ain’t gonna front: last year @sandyjarrell.com and I released one of the coolest books EVER, an introduction to the DC Universe in narrative form influenced by tons of stuff that came before us, filtered through our own fevered brains, all in a kid-friendly package. We rule the wasteland.

As a somewhat trained physician, I can attest that horror is the best medicine for all ailments, whether they be emotional, mental, or physical. So I must insist in asking: have you horrored today? Do you plan on horroring later? It’s important to horror any chance you get. Up yer moderation.

Had a great time talking about some of the genre classics that came out of the ABC Movie of the Week!

CLAYFACE Interviews with Co-Stars Tom Rhys Harries and Naomi Ackie, and Director James Watkins By @donatobomb.bsky.social dailydead.com?p=317415

Review: CLAYFACE is a Grimy Antidote to Formulaic Comic Book Adaptations By @donatobomb.bsky.social dailydead.com?p=317413

BREAKING: Alberta has decided to remain part of Canada, with the REMAIN vote projected to win overwhelmingly 🇨🇦

Available now for pre-order! bookshop.org/p/books/yipp...

Hoooooly cow you guys were right this was EXCELLENT

“I want the General!”

Q&A: Writer James Aquilone Brings Legendary Comedy Duo Back to Comic Books with ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE MONSTERS, Now on Kickstarter! dailydead.com?p=317440 To learn more, visit: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon... @jamesaquilone.bsky.social @monstrousverse.bsky.social

Hi everyone - the next installment in my Wes-tober series features Patrick Lussier discussing the studio issues Craven faced while making VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYN & more: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/wes-tober-pa... Open to both free & paid subscribers! 🧛

Getting Ready For Halloween With These 12 Genre-Bending Books For Horror Fans Featuring Books By: @adamcesare.bsky.social @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social @caitlinstarling.com @maureenjohnsonbooks.com @averyamesauthor.bsky.social @rominagarber.bsky.social dailydead.com?p=317425

#booksky

Wonderful news for horror fans!!! Congrats!!!

What a show. I’m grinning from ear to ear. Great fun and killer canon additions. I’ll be rewatching this much sooner than later.

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Meanwhile, at scary Drebit Manor…

Happy Saturday everyone from myself and Alan the Alpaca

Danielle Smith is a bigoted far-right MAGA-wannabe. She's coddling and enabling Alberta separatists who hate this country while claiming to oppose them out the other side of her face. A friend of hers is no friend of Canada. So yeah, you picked a great way to start mending fencing. Fuck your wine.

Oh hey I guess the announcement is out - MONSTERS, MAKEUP & EFFECTS: VOLUME 3 is being released in December & you can preorder here: darkinkbooks.com/store/p/pre-... I’m pretty much on my own promoting this so I would really appreciate shares, etc. because I just want people to hear these stories.

I can’t believe they made Jason shine, wow

I assume the rocket thrusters are forward facing to fix the crashing into walls problem

Heather Wixson’s New Book MONSTERS, MAKEUP & EFFECTS: VOLUME 3 Arrives This December from Dark Ink! dailydead.com?p=317378 @thehorrorchick.bsky.social

Quick, ask KISS how it worked out with the four solo albums released on the same day

Our Lady of Battles is one of the most requested books on NetGalley! ♥️🎉🎉♥️

Mood? Soundgarden’s “Ty Cobb”